A lengthy day of 15 levels has wrapped up during the MSPT Season 16 Colorado Poker State Championship at Bally’s Casino as Day 1b drew 284 entries to bring the two-day total thus far to 451, guaranteeing that the $500K GTD will be surpassed with tomorrow’s final flight still to go.

Of those 284 entries, only 32 players remained when chips went into bags, with Anthony Goska going on a late-night heater to take 628,000 into Day 2, which is good enough for second overall thus far.

Finishing the night in a close second was Dylan Meier, who found a gift at the end of the night and received a double to end with 608,000.

2018 Regional champ Barry Faecher sat in the same chair the whole day and collected 442,00 to put in his bag, while Event #6 winner Rich Dixon (403,000) and Taylor Fortini (400,000) rounded out the top five stacks of the flight.

Others who survived the second starting flight included MSPT champ’s Anthony Scarborough (377,000) & Justin Lynch (336,000), Anthony Martinez (331,000), Craig Matsuda (299,000), and James Coca (254,000) as they were just a few more of the players to add their names to the Day 2 roster along with the 19 to have already advanced from Day 1a.

Among those to fire and fall on Day 1b included MSPT champ Reza Yazdi, Barb Visher, Aaron Thomas, Elenna Martinez, and fellow MSPT champ John Schroer, to name a few.

Those players, as well as any newcomers, have one last starting flight to jump back into action with Day 1c starting tomorrow at noon.

Late registration and re-entries will remain open through Level 12 (approximately 9:10 p.m.).

Congratulations to everyone who advanced to Day 2.

We will be back tomorrow for coverage of Day 1c on MSPTPoker.com, providing updates straight from the tournament floor at Bally’s Casino.

MSPT Season 16 Colorado Poker State Championship Schedule